Heinkel He-119E Einsitzer



Design of the He-119 was begun in the late summer of 1936. A prominent feature of the aircraft was the streamlined fuselage, which had an extensively glazed cockpit immediately behind the propeller. Two of the three-man crew sat one each side of a driveshaft, which ran aft to a coupled pair of Daimler-Benz DB 601 engines mounted above the wing center-section, mounted together within a common mount (the starboard component engine having a "mirror-image" centrifugal supercharger) with a common gear reduction unit fitted to the front ends of each engine, forming a drive unit known as the DB 606. The He 119 was the first German aircraft to use the "high-power" powerplant system meant to provide German aircraft with an powerplant design of over-1,500 kW (2,000 PS) output capability, but weighing 1.5 tonnes apiece.



The DB 606 was installed just behind the aft cockpit wall, near the center of gravity, with an enclosed extension shaft passing through the centerline of the cockpit to drive a large four-blade variable-pitch propeller in the nose. An evaporative cooling system was used on the V1, with the remaining prototypes having a semi-retractable radiator directly below the engine to augment cooling during take-off and climb.



After a fatal accident with the drive shaft, two of the remaining 6 prototypes of the He-119 were reconfigured to have a single seat cockpit on top of the fuselage, making the He-119 a single seater. This variant was designated He-119E (Einsitzer).
In 1938, after the military coup that disposed the Nazi regime, the V-5, designated D-ATZU made a round the world flight, completing the flight in 10 days via Japan and the USA.
Some thought was given to convert the He-119E to military use as a heavy fighter and three extra prototypes were completed but the resulting aircraft was too heavy to be very effective as a fighter.



Model: Planet 1/72. Cockpit was yellowed and unusable. Converted into a single seater with cockpit on the top of the fuselage

TomZ

An email to Planet can get replacement canopies for free.  I emailed them a few months back with regard to the canopies for several of their kits and they said they would replace them.

Damn that's slick 👌
I really like this one Tom    

If ever an aircraft deserved the nickname of "Flying Pencil" then that is it. Terrific looker Tom 

Thats a beauty, great colour           

Very nice, I could see this in NMF with a contra prop and RAF roundels.

   I like it!!

That's elegant, I like it a lot! 

Elegant is the perfect word! Well done. 

Quote from: chrisonord on December 05, 2023, 03:30:59 AMVery nice, I could see this in NMF with a contra prop and RAF roundels.

Hmmm, an interesting idea...................... 

Spicy